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    Do the SR260 colour buttons not change view? The Red, Green, Yellow and Blue buttons should go to 4, 8, 9 and 16 camera views respectively. is the NVR the currently selected source from the Watch menu?
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    You can access the recordings on a Lilin NVR via the driver, I think you have to press the 'Play' button on the remote control and then navigate the menu that appears from there. To be honest though, I wouldn't waste you time trying, its such a convoluted process to access recordings via that interface its not worth even mentioning to clients that you can do it. Far better using the Lilin iOS app or the web interface of the NVR in a web browser, much faster to find and view footage when you need to. I would treat the NVR driver just as a means to control/change the live view from its HDMI output and no more.
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    Have you identified the NVR via it's IP address or via SDDP and entered the correct admin credentials in the driver properties page? Have you read the driver documentation and familiarised yourself with the functionality the driver is supposed to offer. Typically we only use this to allow the client to change the the camera view on the TV. *1 on SR260 will go to full screen view of camera 1 *2 on SR260 will go to full screen view of camera 2 etc etc. #4 on SR260 will go to 4 camera multi-view #8 on SR260 will go to 8 camera multi-view etc etc.
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    "No Hassle AV" yeah right.
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    It means the device is broadcasting an SDDP signal allowing it to be recognised automatically and a driver downloaded if there is one in the database but as it is a recent model it is not in the database. I would download the latest from Lilin website or use this one which is also very recent: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ji8nuaqyb8cni5/cable_Lilin_DVRNVR16_IP.c4z?dl=0
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    Or just splice the IR out of main controller to a pair from a CAT5/6 cable and same again at TV end to extend IR from main controller to TV.
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    What soundbar is it? What kind of control does it offer? Do you have an EA-1 at the TV location where the soundbar is?
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    Are you just using the AVR as a HDMI switch then? What soundbar is it and how are you planning to control it?
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    1. Glad to hear it. 2. Where are the speakers that are connected to the AVR, are they in a different room to the TV with the soundbar?
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    1. There have been quite a few people reporting issues with the new Apple TV 4K driver losing its connection. For now I would personally recommend using the excellent IR driver created by Jesse Smith from Wyred AV. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qwn3zp5m3bm61fq/Apple_TV_V4_EA.c4z?dl=0 2. This is standard behaviour for most AVRs. Any HDMI sources fed into the AVR it is assume you will want to listed to that source via the speakers connected to the AVR and not the TV’s own crappy speakers. The AVR will strip out the audio from the HDMI signal and pass only the video to the display connected to its HDMI output. Is there a reason you want to listen to Apple TV via TV’s own speakers?
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    Even ignoring Control4 integration, Spotify on Bluesound is via Spotify Connect and so you have to use the Spotfy app to browse/search for music and instigate playback. Therefore, Spotify on Bluesound integration with Control4 allows nothing more than selecting Spotify as the audio source on Bluesound and you then have to go to the Spotify app and make your music selection and then send to to the Bluesound device of your choice. This is not an issue with Control4 or Bluesound but with your choice of music streaming service. Spotify dictate that you and most other streaming devices use their Spotify Connect interface to stream from them. Control4 integration with Blusound is excellent, I have installed several systems and provide regular feedback to the driver creators for improvements. If you choose to use a better supported music streaming service such as Tidal or Deezer you will gain native browsing and searching and music selection within the Control4 interface. This applies also to Control4's own native music streaming capabilities.
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    I think you can only create 1 way drivers in the driver wizard. I'm not really familiar with anything beyond that or how to make 2 way drivers.
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    Have you programmed it to get 2-way feedback on current volume level?
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    That’s a pretty poor set of control commands then if it doesn’t allow a simple increase or decrease in volume. I guess you could create a variable called Volume and then program the volume buttons to increase or decrease that variable. Then program against that variable changing to set the volume value to equal the current variable value.
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    Those instruction are not the clearest to decipher, but it looks like the command structure is as follows: <xxPPuuCR xx stands for control object - I assume this is the zone or group of zones you wish to control so would be 10 for all zones, 11 for Zone 1, 12 for Zone 2 etc. PP stands for control action code - this will be the command type you wish to send to the zone referred to by 'xx' uu will be the units you wish to adjust whatever you are controlling the action code specified by 'PP' CR is just the carriage return needed to be added at the end of every command line in order for it to be accepted and actioned. In ASCII format this is entered as \r. For volume control, there are two listings, one just says VO for volume control and the other says VO (00-38) for volume control. This also suggest there are two command types which can be sent, either increase of decrease command such as +1 or -1 or a numerical figure from 00-38, suggesting there are only 38 volume steps available. For example, I think the volume up and down commands for Unit 1 and Zone 1 are likely to be: <11VO+1\r and <11VO-1\r To go to a specific level you would send <11VO25\r or <11VO12\r etc. Here is an excerpt from the 'Guidelines for Entering Serial Codes' from the Control Dealer Portal Knowledgebase. If you are a dealer then go and check out KB article 710. All serial data in the end becomes bytes. There are three basic formats to represent bytes, but in the end the resulting data is just bytes, and any format would suffice for the entry. For ease-of-use, multiple formats are supported. Examples for all methods: Data is equivalent to the ASCII string “DVD” with a carriage return at the endDecimal Data — With decimal data and between any of the different formats there must be a space to act as a delimiter between different pieces of data. To enter decimal data, enter the value to be stored in the byte in decimal. Valid data is from 0-255.  Example Data (“DVD” with carriage return): 68 86 68 13 Hexadecimal Data — With hexadecimal data and between any of the different formats, there must be a space to act as a delimiter between different pieces of data. To enter hexadecimal data, enter the ‘$’ symbol immediately followed by the value to be stored in the byte in hexadecimal. Valid data is from $00-$FF.  Example Data (“DVD” with carriage return): $44 $56 $44 $0D ASCII Data — All ASCII data must be inside double quotes. Each byte inside the quotes represents one byte of data. Look at any ASCII table to see the real values each character represents. The same ASCII characters supported in the C programming language are supported. Escape characters are also supported in the same way. Supported characters include \n (new line), \r (return), \t (tab, and \” (double quotes).  Example Data (“DVD” with carriage return):  “DVD\r”
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    It would be most unusual for there not to be a command for Vol +1 and Vol -1 available. What make/model of AVR is it?
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    I’m a C4 dealer and custom installer so building racks all the time. Custom length cables is the only way to do it professionally.
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    Planet Waves here too.
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    We typically put all in the rack.Standard config is 4x4 HDBaseT Matrix with all sources connected to it. HDBaseT outputs to 4 video zones including including AVR zone. Mirrored HDMI output from HDBaseT matrix fed into AVR in rack for audio feed from selected sources. Blustream CAT100AU for audio return from TV to AVR when viewing terrestrial TV channels and built-in apps on TV Audio output from Triad audio matrix into AVR so is part of C4 multi-room audio system
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    It's a native driver built into Composer Pro. It's this one: https://www.dropbox.com/s/774mjdszqsj7zfq/Screenshot 2019-02-18 08.12.13.png?dl=0 and you then need to use the separate dimmable or non-dimmable light load drivers and then bind them to the Load 1 and Load 2 bindings on the keypad dimmer driver.
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    As above, get an AVR to sit between HDMI out of EA1 and HDMI input of TV or get some kind of HDMI audio extractor/de-embedder. https://www.blustream.co.uk/hd11au
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    We just integrated a Yamaha self-playing piano, but to be honest integration was no more than feeding digital coax from piano into Triad AMS8 and then creating a custom driver for it to select it as an input/source. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjyc6p3jao3r83m/tuner_yamaha_piano.c4z?dl=0
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